By the way, Ms. 8ball, you will have to be prepared to deal with explaining that people in Canada (especially North of 60) don’t live in snow houses (at least very, very few anymore).
And expect to hear quite serious, otherwise perfectly nice, polite adults asking quite silly questions about “red indians” and “eskimos.”
No, really. Especially, as I say, once they hear how far north in Canada you are from. I don’t know if you have a First Nations background or not, or if you have participated in any cultural activities with the FN peoples around NWT, but you could dine out for months in the UK with stories from the REAL great white north!
When I was in Britain a few years ago, I liked the 1 pound coins that had the emblem of one of the regions of the country on them. I saw Welsh, English, and Scottish pounds; I guess the US state quarters program is a similar concept. But I never saw a Northern Ireland pound. Do they exist at all? Or do they just not travel over the Irish Sea much? FTR, I was in England and Wales.
That’s a lovely coin! I was in the UK in 1998, so that explains why I never saw any. Were the other regional coins all issued in specific years as well? I guess I never made that connection.
scratchings are what you call in the US “hog rinds” Their full name is “pork scratchings” I love them,especially if you can get them from an old fashioned butcher’s shop.
No need – you’ll find yourself in the majority, not the minority. BTW, you may be surprised that stuff like peanuts etc. aren’t usually provided free in pubs but have to be purchased.
Ewww… horsemeat? I mean,I know that they have haggis there, and I’m fully prepared to eat it… I’ve been giving myself pep talks to prepare myself for it. I mean, I can handle eating sheep because they’re evil things (or at least the one that shit on me was, anyways; I dislike them now) but I ddon’t think I coul eat a horse. They’re just so… cute…
